Table 1 List of abbreviations and corresponding parameters that were taken into account in the statistical analysis
Parameter abbreviation | Description |
|---|---|
Abiotic parameters | |
alt | Meters above sea level |
cfc | Applied slug control methods in the year previous to data collection |
cc | Applied slug control methods in the year of data collection |
comc | Applied slug control methods in the previous year and the year of data collection |
Biotic parameters | |
slugs | Number of slugs under the cardboard |
worms | Number of earthworm casts under the cardboard |
plants | Number of plants in a radius of 2 m around the data collection point |
Meteorological parameters from the data collection year | |
mvp | Mean vapour pressure |
matemp | Mean air temperature |
maxatemp | Maximum air temperature |
minatemp | Minimum air temperature |
mrhumid | Mean relative humidity |
prec | Precipitation |
rad | Global radiation on the day of data collection |
smetcy | Sum of the mean daily temperature from the beginning of the year until the day of data collection |
smaxtcy | Sum of the maximum daily temperature from the beginning of the year until the day of data collection |
smintcy | Sum of the minimum daily temperature from the beginning of the year until the day of data collection |
spreccy | Sum of the precipitation from the beginning of the year until the day of data collection |
frostcy | Number of days below 0 °C from January to April |
spscy | Sum of the precipitation in March (the month directly before sampling) of the year of data collection |
mpscy | Mean precipitation in March (ditto) |
Meteorological data from the year previous to data collection | |
smetpy | Sum of the mean temperature |
smaxtpy | Sum of the maximum temperature |
smintpy | Sum of the minimum temperature |
sprecpy | Sum of the precipitation |
frostpy | Number of days below 0 °C from September to December |
drypy | Number of days without precipitation from March to September |
spspy | Sum of precipitation from March to September |
frostwint | Number of days below 0 °C from the winter before data collection (September to April) |